Argentinos JRS vs Tigre 2-1

Argentinos JRS beat Tigre 2-1 at Diego Armando Maradona after racing into a two-goal lead and then surviving a second-half reply. Kevin Gutiérrez and Gastón Verón put the home side in control, before Jerónimo Domina pulled one back for Tigre.

Gutiérrez opened the scoring in the 6th minute, finishing from Matías Giménez to make it 1-0. Verón then doubled the lead in the 42nd minute, converting from Sebastián Prieto for 2-0. Tigre also had a VAR check go its way in the 45th minute plus two, when Federico Alvarez was involved and a penalty was confirmed, but Jabes Saralegui missed it three minutes into first-half stoppage time. Argentinos JRS led 2-0 at the break.

Tigre got back into it in the 57th minute when Domina scored from Saralegui to make it 2-1, but the visitors lost Saralegui a minute later, with Ignacio Peluffo coming on. Argentinos JRS answered with changes on 60 minutes and again on 72 minutes, when they made two substitutions, including the removal of Verón. Tigre then made three changes on 85 minutes, but they could not find an equaliser before the end. Ferranco Paredes was booked in the 76th minute and replaced a minute later, while Nicolas Oroz was cautioned in the 83rd and Domina in the 88th.

The numbers showed a close game. Tigre had 54% of the possession and 429 passes to Argentinos JRS's 360, but the hosts had more shots on target, 5-4, and more corners, 4-3. Each side had 13 shots, Tigre committed 11 fouls to 14, and both teams had 3 saves.

Argentinos JRS were booked twice, with Franco Paredes in the 76th minute and Nicolas Oroz in the 83rd. Tigre also had two yellow cards, to Santiago Lopez Grobin in the 78th minute and Domina in the 88th. There were no red cards.